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<h1><a class="header" href="#futures-explained-in-200-lines-of-rust" id="futures-explained-in-200-lines-of-rust">Futures Explained in 200 Lines of Rust</a></h1>
<p>This book aims to explain <code>Futures</code> in Rust using an example driven approach,
exploring why they're designed the way they are, the alternatives and how
they work.</p>
exploring why they're designed the way they are, and how they work. We'll also
take a look at some of the alternatives we have when dealing with concurrency
in programming.</p>
<p>Going into the level of detail I do in this book is not needed to use futures
or async/await in Rust. It's for the curious out there that want to know <em>how</em>
it all works.</p>
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simple runtime in this book introducing some concepts but it's enough to get
started.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/stjepang">Stjepan Glavina</a> has made an excellent series of
articles about async runtimes and executors, and if the rumors are right he's
even working on a new async runtime that should be easy enough to use as
learning material.</p>
articles about async runtimes and executors, and if the rumors are right there
is more to come from him in the near future.</p>
<p>The way you should go about it is to read this book first, then continue
reading the <a href="https://stjepang.github.io/">articles from stejpang</a> to learn more
about runtimes and how they work, especially:</p>
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<a href="https://github.com/cfsamson/books-futures-explained">the repository for the book itself here</a>. The final example which
you can clone, fork or copy <a href="https://github.com/cfsamson/examples-futures">can be found here</a>. Any suggestions
or improvements can be filed as a PR or in the issue tracker for the book.</p>
<p>As always, all kinds of feedback is welcome.</p>
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<h2><a class="header" href="#reader-exercises-and-further-reading" id="reader-exercises-and-further-reading">Reader exercises and further reading</a></h2>
<p>In the last <a href="conclusion.html">chapter</a> I've taken the liberty to suggest some